The event was organized against Austin Harig, who ran against
Paladino for his school board seat last year.
18 - year - old Hutch Tech student Austin Harig of South Buffalo is ready to take on Carl
Paladino for his school board seat in the May 3rd election.
Not exact matches
This summer, as you'll recall, the state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia removed
Paladino from his
seat for violating executive session rules, even though voters had twice elected the former Republican gubernatorial candidate to the
school board despite his many controversial public statements.
Protesters also took aim at Carl
Paladino, whose published remarks about President and First Lady Obama have led many to call
for his removal from his
school board seat.
A high
school student with labor support is challenging former Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl
Paladino for his
seat on the fractious Buffalo
school board, saying it desperately needs «some adult behavior.»
Interviews
for the vacant
seat on the Buffalo
school board once held by Carl
Paladino began Wednesday night at City Hall.
Another candidate
for the Buffalo
School Board — Colleen E. Russell, an ally of Carl
Paladino — was knocked off the May 3 ballot today when a judge ruled she had only 498 valid signatures on her petitions to run
for the
seat, two short of the 500 required.
Carl
Paladino is the apparent winner, albeit narrowly, in the race
for his Buffalo
school board seat, defeating an 18 - year - old challenger.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Demonstrators temporarily halted Buffalo Public
Schools» Wednesday
board meeting, calling
for Carl
Paladino to be ousted from his
seat, with protesters chanting and filling City Hall with song.
Those comments - in the wake of a bitter presidential election — garnered national attention and ignited calls
for Paladino's removal from his
seat representing the Park District on the
School Board.
Paladino, meanwhile, is refusing to give up his
seat on the
school board and, in an apology sent to Artvoice, says the comments were intended only
for his friends and were accidentally sent to the weekly magazine.